Hey,
I cannot thank you enough for all the resources you have made available. Here's my situation:
I was able to use the AIM/CIM/ARB api's work with my test developer count and it was a wonderful process. Now, we are about to go live in the next week or so and I just want to confirm something as it's been a while since I had to mess with the api settings.
1.) When the merchant account for the website is live (it is in test mode now) do I have to remove the 3rd paramater for my api calls?
$subscription = new AuthnetARB('1234', 'zzzzzzzzzzzz', AuthnetARB::USE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER);
The line above, when using my developer account api credentials, would allow me to successfully test ARB/etc using my test dev account. But when we are *live* with the website merchant account, do I just remove the 3rd parameter while making sure we post to the .api. and not .apitest. when posting to the authorize.net url for payment transactions (see below, from 'arb.php')?
$subdomain = ($this->test) ? 'apitest' : 'api';
$this->url = 'https://' . apitest . '.authorize.net/xml/v1/request.api';
So, in short, I just want to confirm how I change the api calls (remove 3rd parameter, make sure url points to api.authorize.net instead of apitest.authorize.net) so I can rest assured that when I plugin the live merchant account's api/key and replace the developer account values, we'll be guaranteed that the transactions go through.
Thanks for your time.
07-14-2012 01:13 PM - edited 07-14-2012 01:19 PM
I am the author of the script you are using so I can give this answer. Yes, all you need to do is remove the third parameter and your site will start using the live server. Two things to remember:
07-15-2012 04:48 PM
Sorry for the late reply. Just one last q. on this topic. When I follow that advice for the client's live account can I use the same cc #'s for their live account, when I put it in test mode, to test ARB and CIM or must I use specific test CC's for their real merchant account when in test mode? It seems I can use anything with my developer account but since I want to test with their real merchant account this week, I just wanted to make sure I was prepared and that we were all prepared to test it properly and get approvals when needed before going live.
Thank you.
08-27-2012 02:55 AM
Hi Stymiee,
We are setting up a website, and have gotten AIP credentials and keys, but our developer didn't know how to connnect website and API for payment, could you please help us? Many thanks
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